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Frontispiece from "Collection of Portraits"

Publisher Gilles Edme Petit French
1714–41
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Frontispiece from "Collection of Portraits"
  • Artist: Etienne Jehandier Desrochers (French, Lyons 1668–1741 Paris)
  • Publisher: Gilles Edme Petit (French, Paris 1694–1760 Paris)
  • Date: 1714–41
  • Medium: Engraving
  • Dimensions: Plate: 6 5/8 × 4 7/16 in. (16.8 × 11.2 cm)
    Sheet: 9 15/16 × 7 3/8 in. (25.2 × 18.8 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.576.146
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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